Title III, Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places

The authority of any duly authorized marshal, collector, constable, police officer or watchman of any city shall extend to any town or city in the state, provided that the chief law enforcement officer of the requesting town or city has executed with the chief law enforcement off…

So many assessors may be chosen in each ward as may be prescribed by law or ordinance; or so many assessors may be chosen, in such manner and for such terms, as may be prescribed by law, or as the city councils may by ordinance provide, who shall hold their offices for the terms …

The assessors, however elected, shall constitute a board of assessors for the city, who shall perform all the duties relative to taking the inventory and the appraisal of property for taxation, and in regard to the assessment and abatement of taxes and issuing warrants for the co…

The city councils of any city may elect assistant assessors, not exceeding 6 in number, who shall assist the assessors of the city in the discharge of their official duties, when necessary for the seasonable completion of the inventory and assessment; and the assistant assessors …

The mayor and aldermen shall forthwith deliver to the chairman of the board of assessors all warrants for the assessment of state and county taxes which may be addressed to them, and all certified copies of the votes of school districts for raising district taxes which may be del…

I. The city treasurer shall have custody of all moneys belonging to the city. The treasurer shall deposit the same in participation units in the public deposit investment pool established pursuant to RSA 6:45, or in federally insured banks authorized to accept deposits under RSA …

The city councils of any city shall have power to establish an ordinance creating a purchasing department for the city. The administrative head of such department shall be called the city purchasing agent and he shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the city counci…

In any city which adopts the provisions of this subdivision as provided in RSA 48:20, the mayor, with the approval of the board of aldermen in cities with a strong mayor form of government, or the city manager, with approval of the city council in cities with a weak mayor form of…

The director of human services shall have the following minimum qualifications: A master's degree from a recognized college or university with a major in social work or related studies, such as government, economics, business administration, sociology, psychology or education, an…

The city councils, being met in convention upon the day appointed by law or ordinance, shall by joint ballot elect a city clerk, who shall hold his office for the term fixed by law or ordinance, and until another is chosen and qualified, removable, however, at the pleasure of the…

I. Notwithstanding the provisions of any city charter to the contrary, the governing body of any city of a population greater than 80,000, according to the most recent census, may adopt the provisions of this subdivision as provided in paragraphs II and III. II. If the governing …

Whenever the charter of any city which adopts the provisions of this subdivision provides for a commissioner of welfare on either an elective or appointive basis, or a director of human services on an elective basis or on an appointive basis other than as provided for in this sub…

The city clerk shall be ex officio clerk of the board of mayor and aldermen, shall keep a journal of all the acts, votes and proceedings of the mayor and aldermen, and also of the city councils when sitting in convention, and shall perform such other services as the mayor and ald…

He shall perform all the duties and exercise all the powers incumbent upon or vested in the town clerks of towns, except where it is otherwise provided by law. He shall deliver to his successor in office, as soon as chosen and qualified, all journals, records, record books, paper…

The city clerk shall receive the invoice and assessments made, or a copy thereof required by law to be returned to his office, and keep the same there, open to public inspection, but need not record the same.

The city councils may elect a deputy city clerk, who shall qualify in the same manner as city clerks, and who shall perform all the duties of the city clerk in case of absence by sickness, resignation or otherwise of the city clerk.

Whenever the city clerk shall become unable, by reason of sickness or otherwise, to discharge his duties, and there is no deputy clerk, the mayor and aldermen may appoint a clerk pro tempore, who shall perform all the duties of a clerk during such time as the incapacity may conti…

In case the office of city clerk shall become vacant from any cause the mayor and aldermen shall forthwith appoint a clerk pro tempore, who shall hold the office and perform the duties until a clerk shall be elected by the city councils at a convention which may be held at any ti…

All records, books, papers, vouchers and documents of every kind which shall be in the hands of any officer, committee or board of officers of the city, not their individual property, which shall not be needed for their present use, shall be properly filed and deposited in the of…